Genesis 21:31-33

Expanded Bible

³¹ So that place was called Beersheba [21:14; ^Cmeaning either “well of seven” or “well of promise”] because they ·made a promise to each other [swore an oath] there.

³² After Abraham and Abimelech ·made the agreement [^Lcut a covenant/treaty] at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, went back to the land of the Philistines [^Ca region on the southern Mediterranean coast of Canaan].

³³ Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba and prayed to the Lord, the ·God who lives forever [eternal God].